11,000 year old building may be tomb of Gilgamesh, oldest motherfucker in a book, BBC link inside

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http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/2982891.stm

― Sir Lance A Zit (Dick Butkus), Saturday, 14 October 2006 03:05 (twenty years ago)

I'm current and topical.

― Sir Lance A Zit (Dick Butkus), Saturday, 14 October 2006 03:11 (twenty years ago)

Hmm, I wouldn't want to be an archaeologist in Iraq right now...

Gilgamesh was believed to be two-thirds god, one-third human

...and how do you measure that exactly??

― MarkH (MarkH), Saturday, 14 October 2006 07:20 (twenty years ago)

It's been a while since I read the book, I forget.

Doesn't it seem possible that maybe, just maybe, other kings from that time period would have buried in a manner similar to Gilgy?

― Casuistry (Chris P), Monday, 16 October 2006 23:37 (twenty years ago)

"I don't want to say definitely it was the grave of King Gilgamesh, but it looks very similar to that described in the epic," Jorg Fassbinder, of the Bavarian department of Historical Monuments in Munich, told the BBC World Service's Science in Action programme.

So yes, maybe, just maybe. In fact, certainly maybe. But saying Gilgamesh does make more headlines. Like on SCIENCE IN ACTION!

― Maria (Maria), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 00:23 (twenty years ago)

Yeah, the tomb that's now in the Church of the Holy Sepulchre looked a lot like the description in the Bible too. And so did a bunch of other tombs in the area.

― A-ron Hubbard (Hurting), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 01:25 (twenty years ago)

Hmm, I wouldn't want to be an archaeologist in Iraq right now...
Gilgamesh was believed to be two-thirds god, one-third human
...and how do you measure that exactly??

-- MarkH (mark_e_heste...), October 14th, 2006.

midiclorians

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 02:05 (twenty years ago)

It looks like the epic just says it without explanation in the opening passage. Still, it's catchier than half-god, half-man!

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 03:12 (twenty years ago)

all cop

― latebloomer (latebloomer), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 03:16 (twenty years ago)

Gilgamesh and Enkidu: They fight crime.

― Casuistry (Chris P), Tuesday, 17 October 2006 03:55 (twenty years ago)

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